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   cuckoo

   /ˈkʊkuː/

   noun

   • 1. a long-tailed, medium-sized bird, typically with a grey or brown back and barred or pale underparts. Many cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of small songbirds.
   • 2. a mad person. informal

   adjective

   • 1. mad; crazy: informal "people think you're cuckoo"

   verb

   • 1. take over (the home of a vulnerable person) in order to establish a base for illegal drug dealing in the area: British "the frightened woman confided to her support worker that her flat had been cuckooed by a gang selling drugs"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French cucu, imitative of its call.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • C

     3

   • U

     1

   • C

     3

   • K

     5

   • O

     1

   • O

     1

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